Band 1
Band 1
About
Provided by Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete
Practice Areas
Strategic consultation and Litigation in IP matters: covering both litigation and counselling in the areas of trademarks, anti-counterfeiting, unfair competition, copyrights, IP contracts, innovation law and trade secrets. She excels in the strategic planning of IP-related litigation and in the establishment of anti-counterfeiting programmes.
Career
Senior Partner and Co-founder of Kasznar Leonardos, Ms Kasznar Fekete has over 30 years’ practice in intellectual property. A distinguished lecturer, examining professor of master’s degrees and doctoral theses and coordinator of IP courses. She has a law degree (1981) awarded with honours from the State University of Rio de Janeiro and a doctorate in commercial law (1999) from the University of Sao Paulo. In 1984 she was a Former Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute (Germany). Ms Kasznar Fekete speaks Portuguese, English, French, German, Spanish, Hungarian and Italian.
Professional Memberships
Permanent Council member and Arbiter of the Arbitration Board (CArb) of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI); Currently member of ABPI's Council; Member of the INTA Board of Directors, the Global Advisory Council, and the Adjunct Professor Interest Group; Senior Editor of the Trademark Reporter Committee (TMR).
Publications
Treatise “Trade Secrets Under Brazilian Law” (2003) and more than 40 articles and book chapters on IP matters.
Chambers Review
Brazil: Contentious
Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete is a pre-eminent practitioner held in high esteem both by clients and by the market. She is admired for her litigation and consultancy work regarding complex IP issues.
Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete is a pre-eminent practitioner held in high esteem both by clients and by the market. She is admired for her litigation and consultancy work regarding complex IP issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Elizabeth is IP's first lady in Brazil. Her opnion is valuabe."
"She is smart and consistent. I hold her in high esteem."
"She is an expert in trade secrets."
"Elizabeth is IP's first lady in Brazil. Her opnion is valuabe."
"She is smart and consistent. I hold her in high esteem."
"She is an expert in trade secrets."